Famous Engineers of the Nineteenth Century #270069

As the records of human actions form the most important part of a country's history, so the labours of English Engineers furnish the best materials for a narrative of the promotion and progress of the Railway System. In the following biographical sketches an attempt has been made to group together the leading incidents in the lives of Memorable Engineers of the Nineteenth Century, so as to give the reader a concise recital of the events that contributed to the birth and growth, conception and maturity, of the most prominent enterprise of modern times. Should it be felt that some matters have not received such a full treatment as either the importance of the subjects or their bearing upon any particular career would have warranted, a reason for the apparent omission may be found in the circumstance that occurrences which have been passed over in one connection may have received fairer usage in another.